The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-14
There Are Interesting and Fashionable
Women in New York, Even in August.
A Wealthy Family Makes Very Unsatsfac-
tory Experiment with the Imported Mexi-
can Tipple Known by the Name of Pulque.
The Difficulties Incident to Obtaining
Dinner at COney Island Resorts.
Places-Mr. Van Pelt and His Unhappy Ad-
venture On Board an Excursion Steamer.
Special to-the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to@the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK. Aug 13.-No interesting women
in town in Augusta o but there are. Fashion
able ones, too. What with the tourists who stop
to see New York, the residents who come in
from the watering places transiently, and those
people who stay here through the summer
fro om choice. Broadway and Fifth avenue are
by no means devoid of feminine enhancement.
Less than ten minutes ago 1 saw ''tumut bus
tle" That is something new and strange. Until
lately every wearer of big hustle sought to
steady the structure that it wouldn't swing or
hitch when she walked But an innovation is
the 'tumult," which, as its name implies is not
thing of calm, but of agitation. The tapes aud
wires of this hustle are arranged that with
each step it is wrenched. pulled and touseed until
the superimposed draperies look as though they
were tossed by miniature cyclone. at is so
vtvacious, my DEAR" one of the pioneer intro
dLlcers explained.
Where is something new in fashionable drinks,
tooa and about as unreasonable could well be
ina gined. The ton has taken to puique. Pulque
has come to town, and, from all appearances, to
stay. An enthusiastic journalist, who spent
few years in Mexico is responsible. When he
came home he brought several bottles
with him, and when they had been
empted he imported a lot more. His
friends like the murky liquid, Or thought they
ought to like it, which is the same thing, and
more importations were the result. The conse-
quence is that it is now exposed for sale in all
parts of the city. Most <people have the idea
that this national beverage of Mexico is deeply
Intoxicating. strong enough to overcome bran
dy soaked inebriate, but the very reverse is the
truth 1t corresponds nearly to lager beer, and
is even liehte with regard to the percentage OF
alcohol. New Workers have lots OF fun with it,
some of them taking it up because they fee! they
must, some experimentally, others because they
really like the stuff. The way it is sold soda
fountains would make mustang laugh They
pour about two fingers of the clear or. rather.
chalky pulque into glass; and then, tell it not
south of the Rio Grande, fill it up with effer-
vescine soda water It would be just as sens-
BILE to serve musty alse in the same way. scion
of wealthy uptown house had case sent homo
che other day to try. 1t was brought to the
table at dinner. The mother of the family eyed
the liquid il her glass curiously and said:
'It looks like yeast"
"Try it," said the son, encouragingly as he
emptied glass and suppressed the wry wrinkles
that tried to twist the corners of his mouth down
TO his cravat
1T smells like yeast" added mater, with a
faint, high-toned sniff.
II don't think it's at all nice" commented the
daughter, slipping
sit tastes like yeast" persisted the mother, in
growing surprise.
Call it yeast, then," exclaimed papa with a
grunt of satisfaction at his humor.
"Well. I'm sure I never knew what yeast was
like BEFORE" said the daughter.
''You would if you'd made as many loaves of
bread as your mother had at your age, Molly"
reioined the father.
Molly disliked above all things such illusions
to the humble origin of the family, and gulped
down her gassful in silence. In five minutes
she said that her fners tinged and that her
head felt awfully funny, and then she laughed
a silly ha! hal and ran away to her room blush
ing. Papa and mamma looked at each other in
surprise
''I think it does act that way" said mamma
Papa turned to the scioo who filling up
his glass determined to liks the drink, and ex-
claimed
II guess you'd better mss bring any moro of
that home. Tom"
But not all people are so particular. and
pulque is still fourshing.
The best patronage of the Coney island re-
sorts is that which leaves the city at about 5
in the afternoon. Not only business men, but
their wives, daughters sweethearts. and so forth,
come along, too. They divide themselves be-
tween the various good hotels and attractions,
take a bath and q dinner, listen to a concert,
perhaps, and return the last train. Some Of
them stay for the right, and this is especially
the case on Saturday. One has to make fight
for his dinner after the bath. The dining
halls are immense and the tables extend all over
the broad verandas, but there are always many
more customers than can be accommodated be-
tween half past and o'clock 1t is one OF the
amusing sights of the beach for those who are
not hungry to watch the little groups of fam
ished men and women surrounding tables where
the diners seem to be pretty nearly through
with their eating. There is no system of re-
serving tables for patrons, and the head waiter
is rowerless to assist. First come first served
if you are bold and sharp enough to take pos
session of a table ahead of your many competi-
tors A couple of gentlemen had been standing
at q table for more than half an hour It was
occu pied by young man and his girl when thew
arris ed. and they picked it out because the
occupants were just the point of having
their coffee served, ignoring the two gentle
men who stood over the table like crows
about a dying horse, the young man and his girl
sIpped their coffee a quarter of a teaspoonful at
a time, and chatted and giggled until from very
W eariness they gave it up and sought the con-
cert amphitheatre Meantime they had
dozen other tables just out of roach emptied and
taken by more fortunate hungerers. In fever
of impatience they started forward as soon as
the young man and his girl rose. and-no they
did not sit down. Another young and his
girl were there. and the young pushed his
girl into chair by main strength to the entire
discontinue of the hungry but chivalaous gentle
men The first couple apparently had been
dawdlng purposely over their coffee give time
Tor the second TO come up The trick and
It's untairness were papable, but the
gentlemen could not get courage enough to
interfere until 1t late. The second
party was seated and the order given and the
defeated party withdrew They found a place
finally in one of the inner rooms and the waiter
they had to deal with considerably fustered
oy the confusion of So much work. He brought
soup without spoons and the famished guests
had to walt hve minutes before he returned /